I have some catching up to do (always, it seems) about B's Christmas program, church program, stuff like that, but I wanted to blog real fast tonight about the huge box I found on our doorstep this afternoon.
It was FULL of presents for both boys. From b's birth mom and his birth mom's grandparents!
I got tears. Especially at the idea that they included B-man.
*sniff sniff*!
b's birth mom gave B-man a monkey about as big as he is, and her grandparents gave him 20 matchbox cars with a launcher. The kid couldn't quit smiling. :)
b's birth mom gave b a CUTE monkey bathrobe and slippers, and a laugh and learn puppy that he loves to giggle at! Her grandparents gave him a soooo soft Carter's outfit.
I'm seriously so touched by their generosity. <3 p="p">
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, December 08, 2012
five months
We have a five month old! Holy moly!
Length / Weight: Gained a whopping 2 pounds this month (minus one ounce)! I took him to get weighed and figured he was in the 15 pound range. I was off. By a lot. 16 lbs, 6 oz! He's 26.5 inches long.
Eating: We are out of breastmilk now, so he's on Similac Sensitive. More and more bottles are 6 oz now. He eats quite frequently, too. He has oatmeal sometimes, but not regularly. When he does have it, he scrapes the bowl clean!
Sleeping: More and more sleeping through the night! LOVE that! Still loves his sleep sacks. He woke up 3 nights this past week which was weird, and every time when I went in his room he was on his belly. We haven't yet figured out if he rolls over and wakes up mad, but figures while we're up he might as well have a snack, or if he wakes up from hunger and gets mad waiting for us so he flips over.
Wearing: Still in size 2 diapers, but most of his clothes are 6-9 month size. In fact, the outfit he wore the other night to meet Santa was the same outfit Brecken wore for his 1 year old photo shoot. The boy is going to be big. :)
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! And his laugh - to die for! He's grabbing for EVERYTHING now, and bringing it straight to his mouth. Toys, blankets, his little cool ball he has... He also grabs for the phone while I'm using it, grabs bottles when we're trying to make them, etc. (I left that part in from last month because it's all still true.) We got out the Jumparoo this month and he LOVES it. He thinks it's fantastic that he can jump and jump and jump, as well as play with the toys on it. He is an expert roller now and I was just now watching him go from his floor mat to a spot 3 feet away from it, from rolling. We need a baby gate on the stairs now! Luckily he's quite slow still, meaning we have time to catch him before he gets too close to the stairs, so I have time to order the one I want. He got to meet Santa this past week, at my elementary school Christmas concert! He kept staring at him and playing with his beard. Also this month he had his first Thanksgiving and attended his first Cowboy basketball game! He also attended his first Christmas parade (which he loved - lots of lights!) and hiked to get a Christmas tree for the first time! Lots of fun this month!
Length / Weight: Gained a whopping 2 pounds this month (minus one ounce)! I took him to get weighed and figured he was in the 15 pound range. I was off. By a lot. 16 lbs, 6 oz! He's 26.5 inches long.
Eating: We are out of breastmilk now, so he's on Similac Sensitive. More and more bottles are 6 oz now. He eats quite frequently, too. He has oatmeal sometimes, but not regularly. When he does have it, he scrapes the bowl clean!
Sleeping: More and more sleeping through the night! LOVE that! Still loves his sleep sacks. He woke up 3 nights this past week which was weird, and every time when I went in his room he was on his belly. We haven't yet figured out if he rolls over and wakes up mad, but figures while we're up he might as well have a snack, or if he wakes up from hunger and gets mad waiting for us so he flips over.
Wearing: Still in size 2 diapers, but most of his clothes are 6-9 month size. In fact, the outfit he wore the other night to meet Santa was the same outfit Brecken wore for his 1 year old photo shoot. The boy is going to be big. :)
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! And his laugh - to die for! He's grabbing for EVERYTHING now, and bringing it straight to his mouth. Toys, blankets, his little cool ball he has... He also grabs for the phone while I'm using it, grabs bottles when we're trying to make them, etc. (I left that part in from last month because it's all still true.) We got out the Jumparoo this month and he LOVES it. He thinks it's fantastic that he can jump and jump and jump, as well as play with the toys on it. He is an expert roller now and I was just now watching him go from his floor mat to a spot 3 feet away from it, from rolling. We need a baby gate on the stairs now! Luckily he's quite slow still, meaning we have time to catch him before he gets too close to the stairs, so I have time to order the one I want. He got to meet Santa this past week, at my elementary school Christmas concert! He kept staring at him and playing with his beard. Also this month he had his first Thanksgiving and attended his first Cowboy basketball game! He also attended his first Christmas parade (which he loved - lots of lights!) and hiked to get a Christmas tree for the first time! Lots of fun this month!
Sunday, December 02, 2012
roommates
B has been soooo good at sleeping lately. We go in his room, tuck him in, read a story, and leave and he goes right to sleep.
Until Thanksgiving.
He turned into this boy who wouldn't go in his room alone for anything. Kind of like 4 years ago when his sensory stuff started showing up, only we didn't know it was sensory stuff. The week of Thanksgiving, he would scream and cry and was utterly terrified at the thought of sleeping in there. He ended up sleeping on his floor, as close as he could to the door, which is as close as he could get to us.
I finally got out of him one morning that he was so afraid someone was going to break in the house and steal him. The thought of him thinking that breaks my heart. We talked about how it wouldn't be easy to break in. Our doors lock, our windows are all locked, our dogs sleep in the hallway where the bedrooms are and there's no way they'd let anyone through, etc. And for every one of those reasons why a break in wouldn't happen, he had a reason why that might not be true. "They could be so quiete the dogs don't hear." "They could use a hammer to break the window." "We might not hear someone use a hammer if they tapped on it light, but for a long time."
I asked him if they had talked about strangers at school before Thanksgiving, and he replied no, but that he heard about a girl on the computer. He could explain enough to me that I knew he was talking about when that girl from Colorado and the girl from 4 hours from us in the other direction were both kidnapped. We had talked to him at that time about strangers and what to do if someone asked him to help find their puppy in their car, or took him, or whatever. He seemed fine at the time, but I guess he was internalizing it and just couldn't keep it in anymore, and it came out full force.
That's when he asked if he could sleep on the floor in b's room. Not to protect his baby brother, but we really think he needs that companionship. He's a boy that was made for companionship. So they became roommates.
I feel awful. It got bad enough for him that the Monday we all went back to school, J contacted the school counselor to get advice, mentioning the fact that B's fears are 10-fold to other kids because of his SPD. The counselor helped us by letting us know what we were doing was spot on - letting him sleep in b's room if that is what makes him feel better, not making him feel his fears are silly (because they aren't - they're very, very real, and by no means a stall tactic), and if he needs US, that's OK. Because he'll feel safer that way, and that will help him get over his fears. If we don't make him feel safe, he'll never get over this. He also pulled B out of kindergarten that afternoon to talk to him and help him feel better about things.
Bedtime has been better since then - he's on the floor in b's room, with all his blankets, (and if you've seen the nursery, you're probably wondering where we are fitting everything... we are still wondering the same thing, ha!) with some soft music playing to keep his mind off the dark, the lamp on, me staying for a few minutes so he knows I'm still here... and we've gone from screaming and crying for over an hour to asleep in 10 minutes again. We'll see how long the roommate thing lasts - perhaps until little b is ready to convert to bunkbeds. :) But that's OK. He's safe. He FEELS safer. And he needs that companionship. He and little b are soulmates, I'm sure of it.
But I still wish I could take away his awful fears. :(
Until Thanksgiving.
He turned into this boy who wouldn't go in his room alone for anything. Kind of like 4 years ago when his sensory stuff started showing up, only we didn't know it was sensory stuff. The week of Thanksgiving, he would scream and cry and was utterly terrified at the thought of sleeping in there. He ended up sleeping on his floor, as close as he could to the door, which is as close as he could get to us.
I finally got out of him one morning that he was so afraid someone was going to break in the house and steal him. The thought of him thinking that breaks my heart. We talked about how it wouldn't be easy to break in. Our doors lock, our windows are all locked, our dogs sleep in the hallway where the bedrooms are and there's no way they'd let anyone through, etc. And for every one of those reasons why a break in wouldn't happen, he had a reason why that might not be true. "They could be so quiete the dogs don't hear." "They could use a hammer to break the window." "We might not hear someone use a hammer if they tapped on it light, but for a long time."
I asked him if they had talked about strangers at school before Thanksgiving, and he replied no, but that he heard about a girl on the computer. He could explain enough to me that I knew he was talking about when that girl from Colorado and the girl from 4 hours from us in the other direction were both kidnapped. We had talked to him at that time about strangers and what to do if someone asked him to help find their puppy in their car, or took him, or whatever. He seemed fine at the time, but I guess he was internalizing it and just couldn't keep it in anymore, and it came out full force.
That's when he asked if he could sleep on the floor in b's room. Not to protect his baby brother, but we really think he needs that companionship. He's a boy that was made for companionship. So they became roommates.
I feel awful. It got bad enough for him that the Monday we all went back to school, J contacted the school counselor to get advice, mentioning the fact that B's fears are 10-fold to other kids because of his SPD. The counselor helped us by letting us know what we were doing was spot on - letting him sleep in b's room if that is what makes him feel better, not making him feel his fears are silly (because they aren't - they're very, very real, and by no means a stall tactic), and if he needs US, that's OK. Because he'll feel safer that way, and that will help him get over his fears. If we don't make him feel safe, he'll never get over this. He also pulled B out of kindergarten that afternoon to talk to him and help him feel better about things.
Bedtime has been better since then - he's on the floor in b's room, with all his blankets, (and if you've seen the nursery, you're probably wondering where we are fitting everything... we are still wondering the same thing, ha!) with some soft music playing to keep his mind off the dark, the lamp on, me staying for a few minutes so he knows I'm still here... and we've gone from screaming and crying for over an hour to asleep in 10 minutes again. We'll see how long the roommate thing lasts - perhaps until little b is ready to convert to bunkbeds. :) But that's OK. He's safe. He FEELS safer. And he needs that companionship. He and little b are soulmates, I'm sure of it.
But I still wish I could take away his awful fears. :(
Friday, November 23, 2012
a hunting we will go
It was time for our annual Tree Hunt today. It was the day after Thanksgiving, and J's parents were here and wanted to experience the hunt with us, so today was the day. It was pretty sad up there. The highway is still open because there's not enough snow to close it. And a spot that had plenty of trees a few years ago, had nothing but beetle kill.
However, we pulled over at an open spot, B got his snow clothes on (J, his dad, and I were fine in just boots - there wasn't enough snow for snow pants, unlike last year!), I put little b in warm clothes and strapped him into the snugli, and off we went. Holy moly, I'm out of shape. Especially with 15 lbs of baby on my front. Time to start working out, darn it.
B-man had a great time hiking up the side of the mountain. He may have fallen down on purpose about 100 times. He had already declared this day his favorite day ever.
We found a tree - we got one that was flat on the backside on purpose, since we don't have a lot of space in our house! This way, it can slide right up against the wall. :)
Our annual tree hunting picture - our first as a family of FOUR. :)
However, we pulled over at an open spot, B got his snow clothes on (J, his dad, and I were fine in just boots - there wasn't enough snow for snow pants, unlike last year!), I put little b in warm clothes and strapped him into the snugli, and off we went. Holy moly, I'm out of shape. Especially with 15 lbs of baby on my front. Time to start working out, darn it.
B-man had a great time hiking up the side of the mountain. He may have fallen down on purpose about 100 times. He had already declared this day his favorite day ever.
We found a tree - we got one that was flat on the backside on purpose, since we don't have a lot of space in our house! This way, it can slide right up against the wall. :)
Our annual tree hunting picture - our first as a family of FOUR. :)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
it's because his dad was valedictorian - again
I already used this title a couple years ago but I thought it was totally appropriate for this post.
We had our first public school parent/teacher conferences on November 8. This was the day I was struck with the stomach bug but I felt better by the time it was time for his conference so I dragged myself out of the house. I'm so glad I did!
My B-man is a genius. OK, maybe not a genius, but one dang smart kindergartener! His teacher said he's quite the mathematician. And showed us his writing and I was blown away - he's writing paragraphs. They had to write about Halloween in the example she showed us - I can't remember how it was all spelled (we had to leave his writing there) but she said it was so good, she could read all of it without asking him what it said. He wrote "I am going to be a skeleton for Halloween. My brother will be a skeleton for Halloween. We go trick-or-treat. At my house, we give out candy." And his illustrations are incredibly cute. :) She said he loves calendar time and science, and I know he loves library time and music! She said he has his closer friends, but that he's so kind and caring and encouraging to EVERYONE he comes across and that makes me incredibly proud.
His PE teacher said while the rest of the kids are dribbling basketballs off their feet and missing them completely with their hands, he's dribbling like a pro. Um, duh. :)
We have one smart kid on our hands! Perhaps he'll be valedictorian like his daddy. :)
We had our first public school parent/teacher conferences on November 8. This was the day I was struck with the stomach bug but I felt better by the time it was time for his conference so I dragged myself out of the house. I'm so glad I did!
My B-man is a genius. OK, maybe not a genius, but one dang smart kindergartener! His teacher said he's quite the mathematician. And showed us his writing and I was blown away - he's writing paragraphs. They had to write about Halloween in the example she showed us - I can't remember how it was all spelled (we had to leave his writing there) but she said it was so good, she could read all of it without asking him what it said. He wrote "I am going to be a skeleton for Halloween. My brother will be a skeleton for Halloween. We go trick-or-treat. At my house, we give out candy." And his illustrations are incredibly cute. :) She said he loves calendar time and science, and I know he loves library time and music! She said he has his closer friends, but that he's so kind and caring and encouraging to EVERYONE he comes across and that makes me incredibly proud.
His PE teacher said while the rest of the kids are dribbling basketballs off their feet and missing them completely with their hands, he's dribbling like a pro. Um, duh. :)
We have one smart kid on our hands! Perhaps he'll be valedictorian like his daddy. :)
one more spd hurdle - down!!!
My B-man went to the dentist for the first time ever on November 2. A year ago, this would have never even been a possibility. Way too much new and unknown for him to be able to handle it. This year, he was asking about it so we thought we'd seize the opportunity and give it a go. At the recommendation of our sister-in-law, we took him to her kids' pediatric dentist that just happens to travel to Laramie during the week. I had to work, but it was a Friday, so Josh took him. I was so worried all day long about the possible meltdown that might happen.
I didn't need to be worried.
He was a total rock star! He gagged at some of the x-rays so they didn't make him do it, but everything else was awesome! He got his teeth cleaned, giggled at the saliva sucker, especially when it sucked up his lip, and his favorite part, he got a new toothbrush. :) They did find one tiny cavity on a molar that he'll have fixed here in a couple weeks. But they asked if he brushed on his own and were totally impressed when he said yes - they said he does an amazing job brushing and the cavity is not because of that. He has super deep pits in his teeth so it's hard for the brush to get all the way down there. So when they fix his cavity they will also seal his teeth.
And while he was telling me about his day, he used the L word. "I LOVED the dentist, mom!"
I'm so proud of that kid!
I didn't need to be worried.
He was a total rock star! He gagged at some of the x-rays so they didn't make him do it, but everything else was awesome! He got his teeth cleaned, giggled at the saliva sucker, especially when it sucked up his lip, and his favorite part, he got a new toothbrush. :) They did find one tiny cavity on a molar that he'll have fixed here in a couple weeks. But they asked if he brushed on his own and were totally impressed when he said yes - they said he does an amazing job brushing and the cavity is not because of that. He has super deep pits in his teeth so it's hard for the brush to get all the way down there. So when they fix his cavity they will also seal his teeth.
And while he was telling me about his day, he used the L word. "I LOVED the dentist, mom!"
I'm so proud of that kid!
4 months
I'm behind. So, so behind. I'm sorry!! The week everything happened was the week the stomach bug went through our house and the last thing I was thinking about was blogging. So here is my attempt at catching up.
Little b turned 4 months old. I love this age. He's so active and engaged and just so FUN! Don't get me wrong, I love the newborn stage, but this age is pretty wonderful too.
Length / Weight: Up to 14 lbs, 7 oz. 50th percentile. Length is 26 inches, which jumped to the 75th percentile. Head was 50th percentile too but I don't remember what it was.
Eating: He still is on breast milk. Most daytime bottles are 4 oz, but sometimes he cluster eats and can do 8-10 oz in a couple hours time. If he wakes up at night he wants between 6-8 oz.
Sleeping: More and more sleeping through the night! LOVE that! Swaddling is a thing of the past and now sleeps in sleep sacks, which he seems to like a lot.
Wearing:Still in 3-6 month clothes. He's also wearing size 2 diapers now.
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! And his laugh - to die for! He's grabbing for EVERYTHING now, and bringing it straight to his mouth. Toys, blankets, his little cool ball he has... He also grabs for the phone while I'm using it, grabs bottles when we're trying to make them, and the other day B had to keep pushing his hands away from the iPad. True big brother moment, right there. ;) He rolled over from belly to back!
Little b turned 4 months old. I love this age. He's so active and engaged and just so FUN! Don't get me wrong, I love the newborn stage, but this age is pretty wonderful too.
Length / Weight: Up to 14 lbs, 7 oz. 50th percentile. Length is 26 inches, which jumped to the 75th percentile. Head was 50th percentile too but I don't remember what it was.
Eating: He still is on breast milk. Most daytime bottles are 4 oz, but sometimes he cluster eats and can do 8-10 oz in a couple hours time. If he wakes up at night he wants between 6-8 oz.
Sleeping: More and more sleeping through the night! LOVE that! Swaddling is a thing of the past and now sleeps in sleep sacks, which he seems to like a lot.
Wearing:Still in 3-6 month clothes. He's also wearing size 2 diapers now.
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! And his laugh - to die for! He's grabbing for EVERYTHING now, and bringing it straight to his mouth. Toys, blankets, his little cool ball he has... He also grabs for the phone while I'm using it, grabs bottles when we're trying to make them, and the other day B had to keep pushing his hands away from the iPad. True big brother moment, right there. ;) He rolled over from belly to back!
Saturday, November 10, 2012
this little piggy went to market...
... And loved the oatmeal that was bought there. Our baby is old enough to try eating cereal. I was going to wait - he isn't starving, he's most likely my last baby, and I'm in no hurry for him to grow up. But J was pretty excited when we got the ok to try it at our well-visit on the 7th, so while we were out tonight, the purchase was made.
*sigh*
And wouldn't you know, my eater loved it. No icky faces at all. Opening his mouth for more like a little bird.
I guess he was ready.
*sigh*
And wouldn't you know, my eater loved it. No icky faces at all. Opening his mouth for more like a little bird.
I guess he was ready.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
add to the list
A couple more milestones this week... slow down, time, I can't keep up! You're taking my baby too fast!
He has discovered he has toes. Only a few times have they interested him, but those few times, he thinks they are super interesting!
He has also discovered he has hair. He's been slowly discovering that for a little while now, but today I noticed a few different times where he'd reach up there and play with it.
Grabbing the bottle and shoving it OUT of your mouth is apparently pretty entertaining. Too bad it now takes forever to feed him.
I told him tonight I think he's going to be my trouble maker. It's a good thing everything we have for him that isn't on the floor has a strap to hold him in, because he'll try to buck himself out of it. He also spent quite a while growling at me tonight and then laughing about it. Ornery little fellow.
***
We stayed home with the B-man today. He woke up last night throwing up. Luckily he keeps a garbage can on his bed already, and he was quick enough to get there before throwing up all over the bed. He only threw up that one time but he moaned all through the night and even asked to stay home today, which 1) that's weird... he LOVES school! and 2) we were going to keep him home anyway. J had to go to his sports scheduling meeting out of town today, so I burned another sick day to stay home. B was pretty puny this morning but perked up this afternoon, which was a good thing so I could take the boys out with me to the polls to vote!
He has discovered he has toes. Only a few times have they interested him, but those few times, he thinks they are super interesting!
He has also discovered he has hair. He's been slowly discovering that for a little while now, but today I noticed a few different times where he'd reach up there and play with it.
Grabbing the bottle and shoving it OUT of your mouth is apparently pretty entertaining. Too bad it now takes forever to feed him.
I told him tonight I think he's going to be my trouble maker. It's a good thing everything we have for him that isn't on the floor has a strap to hold him in, because he'll try to buck himself out of it. He also spent quite a while growling at me tonight and then laughing about it. Ornery little fellow.
***
We stayed home with the B-man today. He woke up last night throwing up. Luckily he keeps a garbage can on his bed already, and he was quick enough to get there before throwing up all over the bed. He only threw up that one time but he moaned all through the night and even asked to stay home today, which 1) that's weird... he LOVES school! and 2) we were going to keep him home anyway. J had to go to his sports scheduling meeting out of town today, so I burned another sick day to stay home. B was pretty puny this morning but perked up this afternoon, which was a good thing so I could take the boys out with me to the polls to vote!
Sunday, November 04, 2012
rolling rolling rolling
Little b has hit so many milestones in what seems to be the past week! Let's see... he is so good at grabbing things and immediately shoving them in his mouth, he's really interested in trying to get my phone while I have it and actually tried playing some words on Words with Friends the other night, trying to knock the bottle out of my hands while I'm trying to fill it up....
He had his first cold last week and did not sleep more than a TOTAL of 6 hours in two nights... I was so afraid my awesome little sleeper was never going to sleep again but as soon as he felt a bit better on Thursday night, he slept through the night! With this illness he earned his first sick trip to the doctor where they found red ears, but not red enough to be called an infection. At the doctor, he weighed 14 lbs, 3.5 oz.
And another milestone, rolling from belly to back! I didn't even know he was wanting to do it, until the babysitter told me Friday that he did it at her house, and then we got to witness it that night for ourselves and again yesterday a couple times. He's *thisclose* to rolling from back to belly - if that shoulder would get out of the way, he'd be successful - I'm expecting it in the next couple days.
He had his first cold last week and did not sleep more than a TOTAL of 6 hours in two nights... I was so afraid my awesome little sleeper was never going to sleep again but as soon as he felt a bit better on Thursday night, he slept through the night! With this illness he earned his first sick trip to the doctor where they found red ears, but not red enough to be called an infection. At the doctor, he weighed 14 lbs, 3.5 oz.
And another milestone, rolling from belly to back! I didn't even know he was wanting to do it, until the babysitter told me Friday that he did it at her house, and then we got to witness it that night for ourselves and again yesterday a couple times. He's *thisclose* to rolling from back to belly - if that shoulder would get out of the way, he'd be successful - I'm expecting it in the next couple days.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
first snow
Little b got to experience his first snow a few days ago. And it wasn't just a little skif... it DUMPED! From the time school started, to the time I walked out to go home, 7 1/2 inches had fallen and it was still snowing. But boy, what a beautiful snow. It fell DOWN, and not sideways, which is the norm for around here. At lunch, we all kept looking out the window and commenting on how pretty it was when it fell down so nicely. :)
Little b continues to be awesome... and B-man continues to as well. He's the best big brother and I hope little b always looks at him with huge awe-filled eyes like he did this morning while B was talking to me about what was going on at school! And I hope B always loves his little brother enough to call him "my sweet darling" like he has been in a version of "Rock a-bye Baby" he made up.
Little b continues to be awesome... and B-man continues to as well. He's the best big brother and I hope little b always looks at him with huge awe-filled eyes like he did this morning while B was talking to me about what was going on at school! And I hope B always loves his little brother enough to call him "my sweet darling" like he has been in a version of "Rock a-bye Baby" he made up.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
sleep
My little b is a sleeper. I can't tell you how overjoyed by that I am. B-man never slept. Ever. I'm not exaggerating. His naps were AT MOST 45 minutes at a time as a newborn and that continued. He gave up naps completely just after he turned two. He didn't sleep through the night until this past summer, before he turned 6. Granted, sleep issues are huge things for SPD children, but I haven't slept through the night in 7 years (because let's face it - who sleeps through the night when pregnant?!)
My little man is such a different child. 95% of the time, he's only up once at night. And this past Friday/Saturday night, he slept through the night! He did it again the next night. He hasn't done it in the past couple nights, but we're still only up once.
And, he naps in the day.
What did we do to deserve this child?!
This past weekend we went to Casper to meet my parents for the day. We went to the pumpkin patch and did the corn maze too. It was a good day! My dad hadn't met little b yet, so it was a long overdue trip!
My little man is such a different child. 95% of the time, he's only up once at night. And this past Friday/Saturday night, he slept through the night! He did it again the next night. He hasn't done it in the past couple nights, but we're still only up once.
And, he naps in the day.
What did we do to deserve this child?!
This past weekend we went to Casper to meet my parents for the day. We went to the pumpkin patch and did the corn maze too. It was a good day! My dad hadn't met little b yet, so it was a long overdue trip!
Monday, October 08, 2012
three months
Little b is 3 months old! How did that happen?
Length / Weight: I did not get him measured for length today when I dropped by the clinic, but he was weighed. He's up to 13 lbs, 6.5 oz! A pound in a half in a month! Aunt Beth has some good milk! :)
Eating: We are doing breast milk 100% of the time now. He has tolerated it very well. He's eating 4 oz at a time for the most part, but every once in a while wants 6 oz. He eats on average every 3 hours during the day (give or take) and nights still aren't totally consistent. Sometimes he'll go 4 hours, sometimes he'll go 6 or more.
Sleeping: He's getting more on a schedule as of late. He'll take a good morning nap, a good afternoon nap, a cat nap for a short time right around dinner time, then about 7:00 will fall asleep until about 9:00, where he'll be up for a bottle and a bit of smiles, and then go to bed around 10:00. As I said above, nights aren't totally consistent, but he is not a terrible sleeper by any means! Just in the past couple days, he's been fighting the swaddle - gets really mad and breaks out of it immediately, if we can even get his arms down to get swaddled in the first place. Last night we gave up and didn't swaddle him and it went OK... perhaps he weaned himself off it? Time will tell, I suppose.
Wearing: Full time in 3-6 month clothes now. Still in size 1 diapers, but not for long. He wore a little pair of shoes yesterday (the shoes in the picture) that Brecken didn't wear until Easter when he was a baby, putting him at about 6 months old.
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! We call him Smiley because he does it all the time! His laugh is the cutest little sound. He's started grabbing things with his hands, though it's not consistent. When he gets hold of a toy, he brings it immediately to his mouth to suck on it! He's not one to cry a lot, either. Very easy baby! (*knock on wood*!)
Length / Weight: I did not get him measured for length today when I dropped by the clinic, but he was weighed. He's up to 13 lbs, 6.5 oz! A pound in a half in a month! Aunt Beth has some good milk! :)
Eating: We are doing breast milk 100% of the time now. He has tolerated it very well. He's eating 4 oz at a time for the most part, but every once in a while wants 6 oz. He eats on average every 3 hours during the day (give or take) and nights still aren't totally consistent. Sometimes he'll go 4 hours, sometimes he'll go 6 or more.
Sleeping: He's getting more on a schedule as of late. He'll take a good morning nap, a good afternoon nap, a cat nap for a short time right around dinner time, then about 7:00 will fall asleep until about 9:00, where he'll be up for a bottle and a bit of smiles, and then go to bed around 10:00. As I said above, nights aren't totally consistent, but he is not a terrible sleeper by any means! Just in the past couple days, he's been fighting the swaddle - gets really mad and breaks out of it immediately, if we can even get his arms down to get swaddled in the first place. Last night we gave up and didn't swaddle him and it went OK... perhaps he weaned himself off it? Time will tell, I suppose.
Wearing: Full time in 3-6 month clothes now. Still in size 1 diapers, but not for long. He wore a little pair of shoes yesterday (the shoes in the picture) that Brecken didn't wear until Easter when he was a baby, putting him at about 6 months old.
Miscellaneous: He smiles and smiles and smiles! We call him Smiley because he does it all the time! His laugh is the cutest little sound. He's started grabbing things with his hands, though it's not consistent. When he gets hold of a toy, he brings it immediately to his mouth to suck on it! He's not one to cry a lot, either. Very easy baby! (*knock on wood*!)
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
home made
We got yams in our bountiful basket last time. Neither of us are big fans, but I didn't want them to go to waste. So I made them into baby food tonight, along with a few apples that needed to be used. Little b has his stash going in the freezer! 
haircut
B has come so far with his SPD and haircuts. He has grown from me having to hold him down while he screams and punches me while Josh uses the clippers, to tolerating them while I hold him, to him just needing me to stand by, to asking Josh for a haircut, to what happened yesterday. He ASKED if he could go to the salon where our friend works, for his first real cut. We were shocked.
He was so excited, until it was time to go. Then he got super nervous. When it was his turn, he freaked. Cried, hid his head, went back and forth between the chair and the wait area, sat on my lap, got off my lap... After 10 minutes of this he decided he could do it, as long as he was on my lap. He refused the cape but changed his mind after the hair was making his neck itch. He was scared out of his mind, but he did it. And by the end, he had a smile on his face and didn't need my lap.
We conquered a hurdle. I'm so proud of him. :)
He was so excited, until it was time to go. Then he got super nervous. When it was his turn, he freaked. Cried, hid his head, went back and forth between the chair and the wait area, sat on my lap, got off my lap... After 10 minutes of this he decided he could do it, as long as he was on my lap. He refused the cape but changed his mind after the hair was making his neck itch. He was scared out of his mind, but he did it. And by the end, he had a smile on his face and didn't need my lap.
We conquered a hurdle. I'm so proud of him. :)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
perfect
B-man was staring at his little brother tonight and told me, in an awe-filled voice, "he is the perfect one for us, isn't he, mom?"
Yes, my sweet boy. You BOTH are the perfect ones.
Yes, my sweet boy. You BOTH are the perfect ones.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
two months
Little b turned two months old last week. I think I've said this before: Boy, how time flies.
Length / Weight: 23 inches, and 12 lbs, 1 oz. The scale had actually settled on 12 lbs, 1.5 oz, until he peed all over the dr's floor. Then it re-settled at 12 lbs, 1 oz. :) 23 inches is true, also. He laid so still for that! His head is 40 cm, and all of those stats are exactly in the 50th percentile. A perfectly symmetrical boy! While we're talking about the doctor, he had his shots while there. He did NOT like them. I felt so bad. We came home and he took a nap, but then cried for a good portion of the evening. Tears and tears falling down his cheeks - I cried right along with him. :(
Eating: We had a period there where he would projectile vomit all over... the reflux meds have dramatically decreased the crying while eating, but the spit-up/vomiting didn't go away. So we put him on Similac Sensitive and that helped a ton. After his 2 month appointment, we started adding in breast milk to the formula. We're up to 2 oz of breast milk, 2 oz of formula. We'll see how it goes. He's still eating on average every 3 hours, except for one longer stretch at night.
Sleeping: Little b is a pretty good sleeper! While I was home on leave, he'd sleep for a good chunk of the morning, then take a shorter nap in the afternoon. He usually eats for the last time around 9 pm and we've gotten some 5 hour stretches of sleep in there! This morning, he was up at 3:00 and that was it until 6:30. We can deal with that!
Wearing: Quickly moving out of 0-3 month clothes and into 3-6. We thought the size 1 diapers were getting small too, but I've noticed lately that if he doesn't WIGGLE while getting his diaper changed, they fit much better! :) They're not going to last long, though.
Miscellaneous: Smiles a lot now! Josh said he laughed on Sept. 12 (yesterday), also. I haven't heard him - I can't get him to do it! Josh said it happened while he was blowing zerberts on b's belly. He still LOVES to be swaddled to sleep and when he can't settle down, we put the swaddle me blanket on and he is instantly calm. His pacifier - won't take it any more. Sucks a few times and then will spit it out. He has found his fists though. He had a couple days where I thought he was going to suck them completely off... that has settled down a bit but he still does suck them sometimes! He still loves taking baths. He doesn't cry and actually gets some coos out during them! He also loves to be in his swing! He'll talk and talk and talk and talk and talk to his fish on the swing. He also loves to talk to his blue monkey on the floor gym!
Today was his first day at daycare. He did great, despite having to change clothes not once, but twice because of blowouts! Oops.
Length / Weight: 23 inches, and 12 lbs, 1 oz. The scale had actually settled on 12 lbs, 1.5 oz, until he peed all over the dr's floor. Then it re-settled at 12 lbs, 1 oz. :) 23 inches is true, also. He laid so still for that! His head is 40 cm, and all of those stats are exactly in the 50th percentile. A perfectly symmetrical boy! While we're talking about the doctor, he had his shots while there. He did NOT like them. I felt so bad. We came home and he took a nap, but then cried for a good portion of the evening. Tears and tears falling down his cheeks - I cried right along with him. :(
Eating: We had a period there where he would projectile vomit all over... the reflux meds have dramatically decreased the crying while eating, but the spit-up/vomiting didn't go away. So we put him on Similac Sensitive and that helped a ton. After his 2 month appointment, we started adding in breast milk to the formula. We're up to 2 oz of breast milk, 2 oz of formula. We'll see how it goes. He's still eating on average every 3 hours, except for one longer stretch at night.
Sleeping: Little b is a pretty good sleeper! While I was home on leave, he'd sleep for a good chunk of the morning, then take a shorter nap in the afternoon. He usually eats for the last time around 9 pm and we've gotten some 5 hour stretches of sleep in there! This morning, he was up at 3:00 and that was it until 6:30. We can deal with that!
Wearing: Quickly moving out of 0-3 month clothes and into 3-6. We thought the size 1 diapers were getting small too, but I've noticed lately that if he doesn't WIGGLE while getting his diaper changed, they fit much better! :) They're not going to last long, though.
Miscellaneous: Smiles a lot now! Josh said he laughed on Sept. 12 (yesterday), also. I haven't heard him - I can't get him to do it! Josh said it happened while he was blowing zerberts on b's belly. He still LOVES to be swaddled to sleep and when he can't settle down, we put the swaddle me blanket on and he is instantly calm. His pacifier - won't take it any more. Sucks a few times and then will spit it out. He has found his fists though. He had a couple days where I thought he was going to suck them completely off... that has settled down a bit but he still does suck them sometimes! He still loves taking baths. He doesn't cry and actually gets some coos out during them! He also loves to be in his swing! He'll talk and talk and talk and talk and talk to his fish on the swing. He also loves to talk to his blue monkey on the floor gym!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
six
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
kindergarten
My B-man is starting his second week of kindergarten today. What an amazing first week he had. He LOVED it! His favorite things from the week:
Recess
Riding the bus to the high school after school, to meet daddy there
Science experiments
Gym
Music
Recess
Riding the bus to the high school after school, to meet daddy there
Science experiments
Gym
Music
Sunday, August 26, 2012
post placement visit 1
We had to go get Josh's windshield replaced on Friday. Before we dropped it off, we had some time so we stopped at WCS to see if Carol was there so she could see little b. She was gone though - she was with her son who just had his wisdom teeth out. The lady working was named Kristy so she talked with us and said she'd let Carol know she missed seeing us! I asked if she would also ask her about our first post-placement visit because I thought they were at 2, 4, and 6 months and I wanted to know when it would be. Kristy said it's actually usually 1, 3 and 5 month visits so everything is ready for Court at 6 months and didn't know we hadn't had a visit. So she would call Carol.
We dropped off the suburban and while we were doing that Kristy called back and said Carol told her that if we could do it then, Kristy could do our visit at the office. So back we went! That was nice of them to do it yesterday for us. We just had to tell her how much he weighs now, about his dr appts, his favorite toys (his swing, and the blue monkey on his play gym are his all time favorites right now!), how the adjustment has been, etc. She told us that any time Carol forwards our birthmom an emailed picture that I sent for Carol to forward, or our set of pictures we sent last month, she will call Carol and let her know she got the picture and will discuss each one one by one. :) She said our birthmom gets very excited every time she gets pictures and it
makes her very happy that little b is where he is. So that's good. :) Our next post placement visit will be here at home.
We dropped off the suburban and while we were doing that Kristy called back and said Carol told her that if we could do it then, Kristy could do our visit at the office. So back we went! That was nice of them to do it yesterday for us. We just had to tell her how much he weighs now, about his dr appts, his favorite toys (his swing, and the blue monkey on his play gym are his all time favorites right now!), how the adjustment has been, etc. She told us that any time Carol forwards our birthmom an emailed picture that I sent for Carol to forward, or our set of pictures we sent last month, she will call Carol and let her know she got the picture and will discuss each one one by one. :) She said our birthmom gets very excited every time she gets pictures and it
makes her very happy that little b is where he is. So that's good. :) Our next post placement visit will be here at home.
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